Digital Government
A Fake Toilet Company Raises Legitimate Questions About Government Data-Tracking
Even the most intimate spaces are becoming public.
Cybersecurity
Tech council blasts IT acquisition report
GSA's product- and service-centric approach ignores how those products and services would be used, argues the Information Technology Industry Council.
Cybersecurity
NIST Removes NSA-Tainted Algorithm From Cryptographic Standards
Snowden documents say NSA introduced weaknesses to the number-generating guidance.
Cybersecurity
DOE releases cyber procurement guidelines
The nonbinding rules are aimed at reducing vulnerabilities in the power sector's procurement process.
Cybersecurity
Industry stresses flexibility on cyber acquisition rules
The Telecommunications Industry Association also told GSA that federal workforce training is crucial to bolstering cybersecurity in the acquisition process.
Cybersecurity
Hijacked baby monitor in Ohio stalks terrified tot
Healthcare and Public Health // Ohio, United States
Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity May Be Going the Way of Country Music
And many of us are starting to do the equivalent of changing the dial.
Cybersecurity
Why the U.S. Government Is Extra Worried About the Huge Internet Explorer Bug
Old computers are much more vulnerable.
Cybersecurity
Former employee remotely destructed Virginia cloud service provider
Web Services // Virginia, United States
Cybersecurity
Hackers May Accomplish What Microsoft Can’t—Kill off Windows XP
Microsoft said over the weekend that its browser is vulnerable to an attack that could allow hackers to install software on unsuspecting users’ computers.
Cybersecurity
Commerce bureaus flunk cyber test
The department's inspector general used automated software to direct suspicious traffic at the public-facing websites of five offices; only one analyzed and moved to block the threat.
Cybersecurity
Another Windows XP vulnerability exposed
Cybersecurity firm Qualys estimated that more than 10 percent of computers used in government and corporations worldwide still use the OS, which Microsoft stopped supporting three weeks ago.
Cybersecurity
NOAA CIO headed to Justice
Joseph Klimavicz will take over the post that Luke McCormack left in November 2013.
Cybersecurity
Iowa delivered Medicaid patient records to wrong building
Healthcare and Public Health // Iowa, United States
Modernization
Lawmakers Want Pentagon to Clarify Cloud Security Standards
Bill would ease the way for vendors to sell services to the Defense Department.
Cybersecurity
Hackers Revive AOL, Reveal Obama’s Airport Passcodes and Love Soccer
Just another week in ThreatWatch, our regularly updated index of noteworthy data breaches.
Cybersecurity
How Sandia researchers get inside TSA employees' heads
The national lab is applying cognitive psychology and neuroscience to the field of airport security.
Cybersecurity
Which agencies reward innovation?
Federal workers lack confidence that their employers will support efforts at innovation, says a new report from the Partnership for Public Service.
Cybersecurity